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Raffaele Felicetti
S.J.D. Candidate

rfelicetti at sjd.law.harvard.edu

Dissertation

Shareholder Voting in the Modern Corporation: Regulation, Delegation, and Risk

Fields of Research and Supervisors

  • Corporate Law Theory with Professor Jesse M. Fried, Harvard Law School, Principal Faculty Supervisor
  • Corporate Law and Capital Markets with Professor Lucian A. Bebchuk, Harvard Law School, Faculty Supervisor
  • Comparative Corporate Governance with Professor Mark J. Roe, Harvard Law School, Faculty Supervisor
  • Financial Regulation and Macro-economic Stability with Professor Daniel K. Tarullo, Harvard Law School, Faculty Supervisor

Additional Research Interests

  • Economic Analysis of Law
  • Microeconomics
  • Monetary Policy

Education

  • Harvard Law School, S.J.D. Candidate 2020 – Present
  • LUISS Guido Carli University, Ph.D. in Law & Economics 2021
  • Harvard Law School, LL.M. 2020 (requirements fulfilled, degree waived)
  • LUISS Guido Carli University, Five-Year Law Degree (J.D.-Equivalent) 2016

Academic Appointments and Fellowships

  • Harvard Law School, 2022, Program on Corporate Governance, Fellow
  • Harvard Law School, 2020-2021, Professor Mark J. Roe, Teaching Fellow in Corporate Governance
  • Harvard Law School, 2019-2020, Professor Mark J. Roe, Research Assistant in Corporate Governance

Representative Publications

  • R. Felicetti, A Study on Central Banks and Social Responsibility: the Case of the ESCB, 10 J. Fin. Reg. 64 (2024)
  • R. Felicetti, Institutional Investors’ Non-Financial Reporting: Should the EU Regulatory Framework Be Updated?, 29 Colum. J. Eur. L. 83 (2023)

Additional Information

  • Representative scholarships, prizes and awards:
    • Victor Brudney Prize, Harvard Law School — Best paper of the year on a topic related to corporate governance (awarded in 2025 and in 2020)
    • European Central Bank’s Legal Research Programme Scholarship (2022)
    • Winner of the Barbri Essay Competition SQE Scholarship (full tuition) (2022)
    • Fulbright Scholarship (2019)
    • Ermenegildo-Zegna Founder’s Scholarship (2019)
    • Harvard Gammon Fellowship, “to honor incoming LL.M. students of outstanding merit” (2019)
  • Languages: English, Italian
  • Bar Admissions:
    • England and Wales (Solicitor)
    • Italy (Avvocato)
    • New York (Attorney at Law)

Last Updated: June 30, 2025